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chlor•de•cone
(klôr′di kōn′, klōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Chemistry, Pest Controla highly toxic pesticide, C10H10O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
- chlor-2 + dec- + (ket)one 1970–75